Þat frák víg á vatni
verðung jǫfurs gerðu,
nadda él en, nýla,
næst telk eigi in smæstu.
Frák verðung jǫfurs gerðu nýla þat víg á vatni, en telk næst eigi in smæstu él nadda.
I heard the prince’s retinue recently fought that battle on the water, and next I will recount not the smallest storms of barbs [BATTLES].
[4] telk (‘tel ec’): so W, U, tel R, Tˣ
[4] telk ‘I will recount’: Further possibilities for the meaning of telja are ‘count, enumerate’ (as when Sigvatr refers to enumerating battles in Sigv Víkv 9/6I) or ‘reckon, consider, call’ (as when Sigvatr refers to calling an action robbery in Sigv Berv 14/6II) (see also LP, Fritzner: telja).